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The Ukrainian Veterans Foundation presented its logo which is a distinct image of the institution’s values, mission and vision. And our logo is meaningful.

Yes, the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation is a platform for the development of veteran opportunities, and it consists of those values ​​that are close to everyone: human freedom, strength, community of veterans, brothers, patriots of our country. All this is united by Ukraine.

We wrote the word Ukraine, because we want to convey these values ​​of the Foundation and the importance of our veterans to the international community.

We are gaining momentum to become a strong institution, a reliable platform for development. And the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation, which goes beyond the square of the platform, symbolises movement and development.

We believe in our Armed Forces. And we are constantly working to become a strong support for veterans after they have returned from the war.

We have a common goal. And we are glad to develop together, to make the strong stronger.

The Ukrainian Veterans Foundation has launched a Telegram bot for quick information search.

Here you can find up-to-date information on mobilisation, search for ammunition, evacuation, humanitarian aid, consultations for the families of the victims and much more.

The bot will be useful to veterans (mobilised and non-mobilised), volunteers of the Territory defence; families of veterans; to the family members of the fallen defenders.

In the bot, each and every one can find verified information according to the category it represents. In this way, mobilised veterans can find the contacts of military commissions and apply for ammunition. Non-mobilised veterans can join volunteer initiatives, or find relevant information in the “I want to work and pay taxes” section.

Volunteers of the territorial defence of different regions of Ukraine will be able to receive instructions on how to join the Military Intelligence Service, contacts of the military commissions and various information relevant to the territorial defence in the bot.

Information is also provided for family members of veterans. For this, it will be necessary to select the region where the family is located, for further information about humanitarian aid or evacuation.

The families of the deceased can receive help or advice on providing the status of the deceased in the chatbot.

The chatbot can be found in Telegram under the link or title “Help for veterans and their families”.

On March 11, the Government approved the Procedure for the use of funds provided for in the state budget for the functioning of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.

The document defines the mechanism for the use of funds, the rights and conditions for receiving funding, the procedure for conducting tenders and reporting, as well as the peculiarities of work during martial law.

According to the Procedure, the Foundation must annually approve and agree with the Ministry of Veterans Affairs the priority directions of the Foundation’s activities and the annual project support program.

With the beginning of a full-scale war, the Foundation changed the format of the work from the one prescribed in the Regulations.

“The Foundation will support defenders, rehabilitate those who were wounded, and help all those who lost their relatives in this war,” said Minister of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine Yulia Laputina.

We would like to add that budget Foundations are used by the Foundation to provide support to veterans and their family members for the implementation of projects aimed at:

 

• reintegration of veterans and their family members into active social life, ensuring preservation and restoration of their physical and mental health;
• support of entrepreneurial activities of veterans and assistance in employment.

 

In addition, they are used to organize conferences, forums, programs and other public events in accordance with the main tasks of the Foundation, to conduct sociological and other research, to develop, produce, place and distribute printed products, photo and video materials, as well as to ensure the functioning of the Foundation.

The following people have the right to receive support:

• veterans and persons subject to the Law of Ukraine “On the Status of War Veterans, Guarantees of Their Social Protection”, who are registered as natural persons — entrepreneurs, as well as legal entities whose founders are veterans;
• public associations with the status of a legal entity under certain conditions.

We would like to add that we are already calling on our international partners and potential donors to actively participate in filling the Foundation with aid for the implementation of veteran policy in Ukraine.

The main administrator of budget Foundations and the responsible executor of the budget program is the Ministry of Veterans Affairs.

By the 15th of each month, the Foundation submits a report on the use of budget Foundations to the Ministry of Veterans Affairs with an indication of quantitative, cost and performance indicators

The Ukrainian Veterans Foundation, whose activities are aimed at working with veterans, families of veterans and families of the dead, is an institution of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine.

 

According to the results of the competition and the interview with the Minister of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine, Nataliya Kalmykova won the position of executive director of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.

Nataliya Kalmykova, executive director of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation, became the first employee after the institution was registered at the beginning of February. At the end of 2021, Nataliya won a public and open competition and now heads the UVF, which belongs to the sphere of administration of the Ministry of Veterans.

Nataliya has experience working with the Ukrainian military, understanding their needs, development, and motivation. She also has business experience and management skills. She knows how to unite a team, attract highly qualified specialists – both from the state sector and from the public sector – to effectively solve tasks.

While in the position of the head of the military department of the Come Back Alive Foundation, Nataliya offered to create an opportunity for training officers-commanders of units. The program in cooperation with the UCU (Ukrainian Catholic University)Centre for Leadership started in April 2019 – and now leadership and management training in the military is a constant and methodical process. More than 500 officers received certificates of completion of training.

As the operational director of Ukraine’s largest army aid Foundation, Nataliya managed to build a systematic and structured team work, establish internal processes and bring the Foundation to a qualitatively new systemic level of internal process organization in six months.

From June 2021 until her appointment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Nataliya was an adviser on gender issues to the Commander of the Ground Forces, the largest branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During her tenure in this position, she initiated processes for the introduction of gender approaches that are already in place in the armies of NATO member states. In particular, she became the ideological inspiration and organiser of the first public event on gender integration in the Armed Forces – “Army built on trust”.

She researched organisational culture in the Ukrainian army, is the author of publications on this issue, co-organiser of thematic conferences devoted to the phenomenon of organisational culture and its influence on the effectiveness of the organisation, for the Armed Forces, etc.

These examples are only a part of the visible and invisible processes in which Nataliya contributed to the national stability of Ukraine.

With such experience and knowledge, Nataliya Kalmykova will lead the team of a new institution for Ukraine. And among the priority tasks is the selection and coordination of the team and the launch of the selection of applications for financial assistance for veteran projects.

On February 2, 2022, the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation was officially registered.

On July 14, 2021, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a Resolution on the establishment of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.

The Ministry of Veterans Affairs established the Foundation by its order “On the establishment of the budget institution “Ukrainian Veterans’ Foundation” No. 164 dated July 22, 2021.

The Foundation will provide, on competitive terms, irrevocable financial assistance to veterans and persons equal to them, families of fallen defenders and Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred, as well as to public organizations that have been working for more than 2 years on projects aimed at the veteran community.

On February 22, 2022, the UVF launched a Facebook page. UVF is also on Twitter and Instagram.